[OSGeo-Discuss] sponsor benefits

Wed Mar 8 11:54:45 PST 2017

Jody et al,

I believe it is the Marketing Committee's task to arrange the OSGeo booth. 
That is how we did it in Bonn; with the LOC we determine a representative location on the conference floor  including light And power And furniture. At no cost ;-)
Booth is decorated And (wo)manned by the committee reps on the premises.

In order to honour the arrangements with sponsors new banners are printed (best locally done).

Would be best If Guido And I have direct contact. More efficiënt. 

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans

> Op 22 feb. 2017 om 16:26 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> I am not sure myself so I was using discuss at osgeo.org.
> 
> For booth stuff there is some organization on the wiki from prior years:
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2015_OSGeo_Booth (Thanks Jeff!)
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Booth (Thanks everyone, and Anita who was there each time I visited)
> 
> --
> Jody Garnett
> 
>> On 22 February 2017 at 10:19, Guido Stein <gstein at appgeo.com> wrote:
>> I will be talking to Anthony more about the B2B and I will be happy to continue to sus out the booth stuff. 
>> 
>> Should I report back to this list and/or the wiki somewhere?
>> 
>> -guido
>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:33 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So coming out of this meeting there are a bunch of good ideas - but we will need volunteers to run them to ground.
>>> 
>>> I am going to clean up the web pages a bit:
>>> 
>>> - http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities (need to update this page for 2017 based on http://www.osgeo.org/node/1755 blog post).
>>> - http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship
>>> 
>>> Guido are you happy to take on the "networking event" ideas for foss4g? It sounds like you had a b2b event already being planned.
>>> 
>>> How to handle the OSGeo booth (at foss4g and other events) has been a bit random. I do not know if I should start with the board or the marketing committee.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>> 
>>> On 20 February 2017 at 18:47, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks to those who participated in OSGeo sponsors chat this morning, here are some notes for the email list.
>>> 
>>> I would like to highlight two common themes:
>>> 
>>> The organizations represented in the meeting already very generous with their time and resources (even before it comes to question of sponsorship).  We need to reach out to new organizations that are benefiting from the work we do at OSGeo and are not engaging as part of our community.
>>> 
>>> There is lots that can be done for sponsors, beyond placing sponsor logos on a website. This is something I would ask us all to work on (foss4g global, regional events, projects and our foundation as a whole).
>>> 
>>> Here are those notes....
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Attending:
>>> Anthony Calamito (Boundless)
>>> Jody Garnett (OSGeo Board)
>>> Simone Giannecchini(GeoSolutions) - 
>>> Regina Obe (Pargagon Corporation / FOSS4G Boston)
>>> Michael Smith (OSGeo Board / Treasurer)
>>> Guido Stein (FOSS4G Boston)
>>> Jeroen Ticheler (GeoCat)
>>> Angelos Tzotsos (OSGeo)
>>> 1) Introductions
>>> 
>>> 2) Review of what OSGeo currently offers sponsors:
>>> Sponsorship 2017
>>> http://www.osgeo.org/node/1755
>>> 3) Ideas and Feedback
>>> 
>>> Simone (GeoSolutions)
>>> 
>>> Reaching out for sponsors is fine, by why approach the companies on this call, each of which already support OSGeo (often directly contributing time).
>>> 
>>> Q: Where are the organizations those who profit from this?
>>> 
>>> Feedback on sponsoring local events, often they just want to accept money and have no futher contact/engagement with sponsors.  Example of sponsoring a local (Italian?) event not considering a GeoServer talk as the project is already too famous...
>>> 
>>> This is a difficult feedback to address as we do not directly control/influence events put on by local chapters. I would kind of be content for these events to be avoided by sponsors if they cannot be bothered to provide value.
>>> 
>>> Anthony (Boundless)
>>> 
>>> Asking OSGeo Sponsorship to look "beyond providing a logo on the website". Look for more opportunities for visibility and promotion.
>>> More press releases (not only the joint press release offered to gold / platinum sponsors). 
>>> Co-branding activities and announcements.
>>> The UN OpenGIS initiative was used as an example; something that both OSGeo and Boundless is supporting and can benefit from cross promotion. 
>>> Maria is our best contact here, we will need to reach out and explore what can be done.
>>> GeoServer is an example of a project that handles cross promotion. Releases of GeoSever take care to link to external blog posts highlighting RnD that went into each release. When new features have been added based on consulting or customer work care is taken to thank the organizations responsible in the release announcement.
>>> Help sponsors to meet customers:
>>> FOSS4G networking event?
>>> OSGeo booth should point people towards sponsor booths as appropriate
>>> Jeroen (GeoSolutions)
>>> 
>>> Room to improve as new website is created, currently sponsorship is pretty much limited to logo on the sponsors page (two or three pages in), occasionally rotated into feature sponsor position.
>>> 
>>> At OSGeo events take care to promote sponsors. Example at the OSGeo booth have a sheet on the sponsors available on the table.
>>> 
>>> Breakout on Ideas
>>> 
>>> Networking Social. Guido took up this idea with respect to the FOSS4G 2017 Boston event.
>>> Apparently a B2B event is planned, and care can be taken to highlight (or lead) with sponsors at this event.
>>> B2B event "Ignite" presentation sessions
>>> Highlight OSGeo and Event sponsors
>>> Someone (president? foss4g loc?) should get up and thank sponsors during this event
>>> Website
>>> highlights support providers (focused on contributors such as GeoCat, GeoSolutions and Boundless)
>>> improve the visibility of sponsors
>>> Marketing:
>>> blogs - user focused, what is the art of the possible
>>> videos - 
>>> promote beyond open source boundaries (gis anaysists, etc...)
>>> having a presense at difference conferences
>>> guido looking at booth swap conversation with other events
>>> 
>>> 
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